Automation Anywhere Opens Bot Store to Developers with the Addition of Cognitive IQ Bot Technology

Automation Anywhere, the largest enterprise software provider in robotic process automation (RPA), today announced its recently introduced Bot Store is now open to artificial intelligence and machine learning developers with the addition of cognitive IQ Bot technology. Developers and partners can offer pre-trained cognitive bots that bring structure to unstructured data for complex business processes, like financial statements, purchase orders and invoices, to help accelerate automation in specific industries and geographies.

Bot Store, the world's first and largest online marketplace for off-the-shelf plug-n-play bots, has had impressive traction with the company's partner, developer and customer communities. In just two months since launch, the number of bots in the Bot Store has grown 100 percent. The most popular bot category is artificial intelligence with 24 bots and the speech-to-text bot leads the way in downloads. The most common business process is finance and accounting, with the "allocate payments against outstanding invoices" the most visited bot. SAP is the most prevalent application with 31 bots listed.

Until now, partners and developers offered bots that either automate repetitive business processes or provide API integrations with leading enterprise applications and AI platforms using the Automation Anywhere Enterprise RPA platform. With the addition of Automation Anywhere IQ Bot, developers and partners can now offer native computer vision, natural language processing, and machine learning capabilities. Several partners and developers have already contributed pre-trained, cognitive bots to automate document-centric processes. Examples of IQ Bot-enabled processes in the Bot Store include those that can automate utility bills, bank statements, standard settlement instructions, explanation of benefits, 1040 forms and W4 forms.

"We are excited to take our process automation expertise to the market through cognitive bots in the Bot Store," said Damian Jankowski, COO at Ataway. "Our clients in Latin America and the US will now be able to accelerate automation in areas like invoice processing and suppliers' management with IQ Bot."

"Since its launch two months ago, the Bot Store has seen unprecedented growth in both visitors and downloads," said Abhijit Kakhandiki, Senior VP, Products and Engineering at Automation Anywhere. "The ability to develop and offer cognitive bots now enable more business processes to be automated, further accelerating our customers' digital transformations."

The bots in the Automation Anywhere Bot Store run on the Automation Anywhere Enterprise platform and can be snapped together like LEGO blocks to automate complex business processes. The Bot Store can be reached at https://botstore.automationanywhere.com.

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Canon India announces two variants of Rayo Mini Projectors, namely Rayo i5 and R4 at Rs 50K and Rs 30K respectively

Canon India, leader in imaging solutions, starts distributing Rayo Mini projectors in India. Targeted at both B2B and B2C segments, the two flagship models, Rayo i5 and Rayo R4 are compact, lightweight, and portable and bet big on both style and imaging impressions. The organisation will be responsible for distribution of the two products in the country.

Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India and Mr. K. Bhaskhar, Vice President, Business Imaging Solutions, Canon India, unveil the Rayo Mini Projectors in India

Compact design packs amplified impressions

The compact and light weight design makes the Rayo mini projectors a highly portable and handy travel accessory. For the business professional on the go, the mini projectors are the perfect complement to a broad range of mobile devices, enabling impactful presentation of ideas whenever and wherever.

The compact size makes it extremely convenient to carry around in carry-on bags or even in a shirt pocket, making it well-suited for corporate, retail and educational purposes.

The Rayo R4 weighs a meagre 169 grams and the Rayo i5 weighs 260 grams.

Easy plug and play

The wireless feature on the RAYO i5 circumvents the hassle of cables. The convenience of the wireless functionality means users can play movies or share content from their latest Android/iOS devices easily through Mirroring/DLNA technology. Offering stable and continuous brightness at 100 Ansi lm; this high level of brightness facilitates clarity in imaging output with WVGA resolution for home entertainment such as movies or karaoke parties as well as business presentations on the go.

The Rayo R4 projects directly from mobile phones/tablets through connectivity with MHL cable and offers brightness of 50 Ansi lm. It can be easily connected to a laptop with the Mini HDMI cable to deliver a power packed demo.

Both the projectors also come with a mini tripod which is not only easy to install but is also height adjustable to provide you just the right angle for viewing.

Stamina for longer running time

Rayo i5 has a 1,900 mAH battery which has a play time of upto 120 minutes at standard brightness. Whereas the R4 has a 1,700 mAH battery that can play for upto 150 minutes in standard brightness. Which means, power is the least of your concerns with the mini projectors in case you want to catch up the latest movie, project an important presentation or show off your pictures.

The LED light source lasts upto 20,000 hours in the Rayo i5 and 10,000 hours in the Rayo R4. A long lasting light source lets you project as frequently as you want without having to worry about replacing it.

Fit for every need

The applications of the Rayo i5 and R4 could be as limitless as your imagination. Be it projecting a recipe video on your kitchen wall while cooking, watching that important football match on roof of the car, making your balcony your cinema hall or transforming the airport lounge into your demo zone.

Both R4 & i5 come with built in speakers making it a mobile companion for all projection needs as it saves the hassle of carrying additional speakers. User’s can also connect their headphones if required.

Pricing & Availability

The Rayo R4 and i5 will be available for sale in India effective 1st June 2018. The R4 is priced at MRP Rs. 30 000.00 incl. of all taxes and the i5 is priced at MRP Rs. 50 000.00 incl. of all taxes.

Detailed Specifications for reference:

RAYO R4	RAYO i5
Size (mm)	71 x 124 x 20	111 x 111 x 17.2
Weight	169g	260g
Display Type	VGA	WVGA
Resolution	640 x 480	854 x 480
Brightness	50 Ansi lm	100 Ansi lm
Light Source	(R/G/B) LED	(R/G/B) LED
Lamp Life (Hours)	10,000	20,000
Aspect Ratio	4:3	16:9
Screen Size	Maximum 236.22cm (From 3 Meters)	Maximum 401.32 cm (From 5 meters)
Offset	0%	100%
Input	Mini HDMI / MHL	HDMI / MHL
Output	Audio out (3.5 mm Jack)	Audio out (3.5mm Jack)
Built-in Speaker	1W	0.7W x2
Speaker Type	Mono	Stereo
Built-in Battery (hours)	Up to 150 minutes at standard brightness	Up to 120 minutes at standard brightness
Basic Package	AC Adapter, HDMI Cable, MHL Cable, 5 to 11 Pin Gender Tripod, Manual	AC Adapter, HDMI Cable, Manual, Tripod, OTG Cable
Warranty	1 Year	1 Year
Wireless	NA	Mirroring/ DLNA

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Mobiistar XQ Dual: Specification, Price and first impressions

International smartphone brand Mobiistar, today announced its entry into India with the launch of Star Selfie series smartphones – Mobiistar XQ Dual and CQ. With its brand promise to ‘Enjoy More’ by bringing uncompromised user experience, Mobiistar shared its plans to expand the horizon of mobile technology adoption by offering a great selfie experience at an even greater value in India. The XQ Dual selfie smartphone will be available at INR 7,999/- and the CQ smartphone will be available at INR 4,999/-. To begin Mobiistar’s strategic entry into India, the brand also announced a long-term partnership with ecommerce platform Flipkart. Both Star Selfie series smartphones XQ Dual and CQ will be available on the Flipkart exclusively from 30th May, 2018 12 PM onward.

XQ Dual Specifications and Features:

The XQ Dual is equipped with 13-megapixel and 8-megapixel dual selfie camera. The XQ dual as a specialized 120-degree wide-angle 8-megapixel camera which captures a wider view, this allows even more people to enter the frame and click those precious moments. The core of these cameras come from 13MP Samsung sensor and 8MP OmniVision sensor, which helps increase light exposure and clarity of images. The large f/2.0 aperture on the 13MP increases the amount of light entering the camera while the high dynamic range prevents noise and captures photos with vivid depth and detail.

XQ Dual

The XQ Dual is constructed with a full metal unibody and carefully crafted for a better sense of hand-gripping. The XQ Dual’s comes equipped with 2.5D screen which gives it an elegant look while retaining unmatched durability. When it comes to display the XQ Dual comes with 5.5-inches IPS and Full HD 1920X1080 screen resolution.

The XQ Dual comes with 3GB RAM and 32GB ROM, expandable storage up to 128GB and runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 Octa-Core.

Both the XQ Dual and CQ are compatible to Volte and the latest ViLTE feature which is a video call service, based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core network. It has specific profiles for the control and media planes of the video service. Conversational video is also possible on WIFI. With ViLTE, consumers can enjoy an enriched experience of mobile telecommunications (point-to-point and multi-party video calls).

Mobiistar claims that it is entering in India with 1000 service outlets already in place so as to ensure that the consumers have a seamless experience with the brand right from the start. 

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Tecno Mobile is planning to Launch Smartphones with AI, Face Detect and 18:9 displays in India under sub 15K

With the increasing demand of Selfie smartphones in India the innovations in this sector are visible day by day. Smartphone Companies have already launched their Artificial Intelligence (AI) dependent smartphone. Tecno Mobile the Chinese smartphone company now is entering into the same league with their upcoming Camon series smartphone.

Images of upcoming phone shared to media

Tecno Mobile is expected to launch their AI-enabled Selfie-centric Camon series smartphone in India by the end of this Month under the 15K. The main highlight of upcoming Camon-series smartphone will be its AI-enabled Selfie camera. The smartphone will utilize the AI technology to give you the best and good looking Selfie images in day and night time and automatically detect lighting condition and facial features on a real time.

The devise is also suggested to sport fingerprint sensor and face unlock feature With the Camon series in portfolio, Tecno aims to be among Top 5 smartphone brands in India by end of 2018. Tecno’ is product and consumer focused company and the key focus area central to Tecno India strategy for 2018 is “Camera-centric” smartphones line-up enabled with full view display that is 18:9 aspect ratio. 

All our TECNO products are supported by extensive service network of Carlcare with 940+ after-sales service touch points. COCO (company-owned, company-operated) forms an important part of our offline channel strategy to provide consumers with better service in the process of purchase and experience of TECNO products and we’ll continue to enhance this part. Currently, we have one COCO center in Noida and one more is coming up in Mumbai.

At present, The TECNO mobiles selling 3 Camon series smartphones in India namely, Camon I, Camon I Air & Camon iSky under the price range of 7499 to 8999 respectively. According to the Counterpoint recent report, The TECNO Smartphone registered 23% QoQ growth in Q1 2018. Techno mobiles also become the official Smartphone Partner for Kings XI Punjab for IPL 2018 & it also partnered with leading telecom operator Vodafone to offer exciting cashback offers to its new buyers.

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PUBG mobile reaches 10 million daily active users milestone

Tencent and PUBG Corp. announced that wildly popular game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds MOBILE (PUBG MOBILE) has surpassed 10 million daily active users (DAUs) around the world (excluding China).

Tencent and PUBG Corp. have announced the impressive DAU milestone for PUBG MOBILE, the mobile version of the massively popular game that was released on the App Store and Google Play Store internationally on March 19th. In addition, PUBG MOBILE has claimed the most downloaded spot in more than 100 countries and areas. It took PUBG MOBILE less than a week to become one of the fastest games to achieve this performance.

PUBG MOBILE has been met with a positive response from players and critics alike. It has been nominated for “Best Breakthrough Hit” and “Best Community Building Game” at the 2018 Google Play Awards, and was the only game to be nominated for two awards.

The PUBG MOBILE development team is focused on delivering the original PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds PC version’s core excitement to mobile, optimizing the user interface so that mobile players can play as intended. The team paid special attention to the controls and optimization to give players a smooth, intuitive and immersive experience. The team consistently updates the game with new content every month.

For Tencent Games, smartphone games achieved approximately RMB21.7 billion revenues (including smart phone games revenues attributable to social networks business), up 68% year-on-year, driven by in-house mobile titles such as Arena of Valor and QQ Speed Mobile. Revenues increased 28% sequentially due to seasonal promotional activities and new games. Arena of Valor remained the highest grossing smartphone game in China’s iOS Top Grossing Chart. Its metrics were healthy with double-digit growth in DAUs and strong growth in revenues on year-on-year basis. The multi-player online battle arena subgenre has boomed in popularity due to the industry’s growing esports scene. Since launching in China in 2015, Arena of Valor has experienced immense growth and now boasts of more than 200 million monthly active players, making it one of the most popular mobile games in the world.

PUBG MOBILE is available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play.

Arena of Valor is available on the Google Play Store & App Store

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